This article provides a general overview of the evolution of the European
Union trade preferences with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)
Countries, giving due attention to the reform of the Sugar Protocol
(SP) in light of the anticipated Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).
The EU sugar trade relationship with the ACP, as captured in both a
reformed SP for ACP non-least developed countries and in the Everything-but-Arms
initiative for the world's least developed countries, is analysed and
contextualized within the ongoing negotiations toward achieving EPAs,
which will substitute the Lomé Convention and give a new order
to EU-ACP relationships.
Keywords: African Caribbean Pacific countries, development, Economic
Partnership Agreements, European Union, sugar reform
